Hi all, I bought a TS-2000 that I just received, it's a VERY early model, serial# 20XXXXXX and out of the box it has multiple issues. I e-mailed Clif at Avvid,he is the absolute guru of Kenwood radios and a great guy, I asked his advice.He of course responded immediately as he always does, thought it MAY be theEEPROM but of course without seeing he can not be sure so I am asking if anyonehas ever had or seen a TS-2000 with these issues:

a) Radio has ZERO output ALL bands, all modesb) S meter does not move at all under ANY circumstancesc) Radio will not hold memory, resets when turned off then on (not the battery)d) When you hook up a power supply to the radio it will turn on every timeWITHOUT pushing in the power button on the front panel.

Hi, even though the battery would have nothing to do with the output or S meter I am curious, what is a "back battery" please? Adam W4AJF

Rigs that use them (and I believe 2000 does) keeps working memory intact when power is off. When you turn rig on it "boots" from a static Eprom. If Eprom is corrupt too rig can do all kinda of strange things.

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Looking at the symptoms, its definitely corrupt. Remove the battery and let it sit. While that's happening make sure your replacement battery is actually good. Ive had new ones that were bad out of the package. Try a reflash of the firmware. But if anything anyone has offered up doesnt work, then suspect the eeprom or CPU. Some CPUs store parameters in internal eeprom as well. My guess is that, or somewhere around these two Devices is a bad cap or cold solder joint.

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